Apple Motion 1.0.1: Late-Breaking News User Manual
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Late-Breaking News
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Gradient generator
When the blend mode for a Gradient generator is set to anything other than Normal on
computers with ATI Radeon graphics cards, performance will be degraded significantly.
Workaround
: Apply a gradient to a shape instead.
Integration
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Clips exported from the browser in Final Cut Pro do not appear correctly in Motion.
Workaround
: Export the clip from the Final Cut Pro Timeline, rather than from the
Bin. Alternatively, you can change the aspect ratio of the clip in Motion. To change
the pixel aspect ratio in Motion, select the clip in the Media tab (in the Project pane)
and set the pixel aspect ratio in the Media tab of the Inspector.
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When a clip or image is resized in Final Cut Pro, the image appears larger when
opened in Motion.
Workaround
: Change the aspect ratio of the clip in Motion. To change the pixel
aspect ratio in Motion, select the clip in the Media tab (in the Project pane) and set
the pixel aspect ratio in the Media tab of the Inspector.
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After Motion is installed with versions 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, and 4.1.1 of Final Cut Pro,
FireWire video out does not function.
Workaround
: Upgrade to Final Cut Pro HD.
LiveFonts
When you create a multi-line LiveFont text object, and the text is set to Center
alignment, a problem occurs with the character tracking.
Workaround
: Use a separate LiveFont text object for each center-aligned line of text.
Motion Blur
When an imported media file contains fields, and Field Dominance is set and Motion
Blur is enabled in Motion, the motion within the frames of a movie is affected.
Workaround
: Deinterlace the imported media using the Deinterlace filter (in the Video
filter subcategory).
Particles
Performance can degrade when adjusting a Motion Path behavior that is applied to a
particle emitter.
Workaround
: To improve performance, apply a keyframe path to the particle emitter
instead.
QuickTime
When a Motion project is opened in QuickTime, the Save or Save As command causes
QuickTime to quit unexpectedly.